Abstract

Expressionism
using design
multiplication!
Abstract Expressionism using Design Multiplication:
Choose your favorite square to enlarge with Oil Pastel &
explore an emotion to go with it.
 Tues 11/13 – A2, A4 – Art 1
• Warm up: Compare & Contrast these 2 pictures.

• Today’s Objectives:
1. Turn in Design Multiplication
2. Begin Power Point on Abstract Expressionism
*Get pencil & COLORED PENCILS ready for note sheet!
*Warm ups & Closings will be graded Thursday
Closing:
 1. Abstract
Expressionism:
Expression of emotion with
designs and colors. Also, a
Modern art movement.
• Abstract Expressionism presents the world solely from a subjective
perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to
evoke moods or ideas. Expressionist artists sought to express
meaning or emotional experience rather than physical reality.
 Oil Pastel project!
• Choose your favorite
dynamic (exciting) design
from Design
Multiplication.
• Enlarge onto project paper
• Blend oil pastels to create
a colorful art work that can
symbolize an emotion of
your choice
• Oil pastels are the softest of the wax-based
media. They are made of pigments mixed
with a non-drying oil and wax binder.
Student examples
2. Analogous Colors- colors that blend
well; Next to each other on the wheel.

Take out your

colored pencils.

Blend
Red & Orange.
Green & Blue
Violet & Red
 3. Complimentary Colors- colors that are
opposite or across from each other on the color
wheel. Are more intense when placed beside
each other, but will NOT blend well.

Opposite colors:
Yellow & Violet
Red & Green
Blue & Orange
4. Value- lightness or darkness of a color

5. Shade- Darkening a color with black

or a darker color.

6. Tint (highlight) – Lightening a color

with white or a lighter color.
VALUE – Fade out
with One color

SHADE
Light Ebony then
color

TINT – One color

plus white.
7. Intensity: The pureness of a color
• Dark • Light
• Bright • Dull
• Opaque • Translucent
• Solid • See through

High Intensity v. Low Intensity

• 8. Sgraffito- scratching
a design through a layer
of color
Modeled 3D Objects
 Oil Pastel Techniques:
• Fade out (gradation)
• Blend (2 colors fading together)
• Tint (one color plus white)
• Shade (one color plus black)
• Sgraffito
• Modeled 3D objects
What is art if it does not
look “REAL”???
 Some ABSTRACT art contains
objects that are simplified so
much that they simply don’t look
“real” anymore…
“Sea Battle”

Kandinsky abstracted
(simplified) the image
of two tall ships
shooting cannonballs
at each other.
Though it does not
show a sea battle, it
makes us experience
one, with its
confusion, courage,
excitement, & furious
motion.
Other ways to understand
“non-real” art…
• Some artists make art for the purpose of
expressing their moods or emotions.
• Art can be more about the idea or
thought.
• Some artists paint for the process and
not the end product (the picture).
• Finally, some just want you to question!
 Another way to describe this
style of art we will be making is:
9. NON-OBJECTIVE Art
• No recognizable objects or symbols
that look real.
• Try to imagine the feeling you get
from looking at it.
How does an artist
communicate
without using
actual objects or
symbols?
Elements of art!
• Lines
• Shapes
• Spaces
• Forms
• Colors
• Values
• Textures
Elements of art can represent
feelings & moods:
• A jagged line could represent anger.
• A smooth curvy line could represent calmness.
• Red can represent anger, love, passion,
sharpness, fire, courage, or blood.
• Green can represent peace, spring, growth, life,
or jealousy.
• A sharp texture can represent frustration, while
a smooth texture can represent peace.
 Whatever element it is,
the most important part is
that you assign the meaning to
the colors, lines, shapes,
spaces, and textures.
There is no right or wrong
association – as long as you
know the link!
Here are some examples of
artists to inspire you…
...try to imagine how each
artwork makes you feel!
What is the main color?
What mood might this color represent?
How do the lines make you feel?

Kandinsky
Wassily Kandinsky said:

“Black is like the silence

of the body after death,
the close of life.”
Kandinsky
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 Willem de Kooning

• The attitude that nature is

chaotic and that the artist
puts order into it is a very
absurd point of view, I
think. All that we can hope
for is to put some order
into ourselves. ” —
Willem de Kooning
Hans Hoffmann
What elements
of art do you
see here?
Jackson Pollock
Action painting
 Mark Rothko
Color field paintings…

How does this

painting make you
feel?
Mark Rothko

How does this painting make you feel differently

from the previous one?
Franz Kline What element of art does he use?
Robert Motherwell:
What element has he used?
Contemporary Artist:
Howard Sherman
www.howardhserman.com
 Mrs.
Meisner’s
example:
Inspired by
Kandinsky
So, now how would
you justify abstract
expressionism to
someone who has
never seen it?!
 Oil Pastel Techniques:
1. Fade out (Value gradation with 1 color)
2. Blend (2 colors fading together)
3. Tint (one color plus white)
4. Shade (one color plus black)
5. Sgraffito
6. 3 Modeled 3D objects
 Grading requirements:

My design is asymmetrical and/or dynamic (exciting).

I blended analogous colors throughout my artwork. (colors that are next

to each other on the color wheel)

I included detail so that I achieved a variety of patterns, shapes, and

sizes.

I continued working until my artwork was interesting to look at.

My artwork is neat & clean (and not wrinkled or messy).

I used at least 4 of the 6 techniques with the oil pastel.

My art reflects an emotion.